Dr Ghulam Nabi Kazi

The World Health Organization observed its 75th birthday or Diamond Jubilee on April 7, 2023, with the theme of “Health For All,” which has remained its main thrust since its creation and approval of its constitution in 1948, while using the primary health care (PHC) approach articulated 45 years ago in 1978. WHO’s main objective […]

After taking over both positions, Bhutto announced the retirement of several top generals including Yahya Khan, and senior naval and air force officers. He ordered the immediate transfer of Ghulam Ishaq Khan to Karachi as Governor State Bank but retained his predecessor’s Military Secretary and Director General ISI. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a constitutional lawyer, […]

Here, it is important to mention the growing role of the Army in the body politic of the country. Prime Minister Liaquat and his handpicked Army Chief, General Ayub Khan, had both made prolonged visits to the United States in 1950 and 1951, respectively. It was Liaquat, who called Ayub to tell him about the […]

When Pakistan emerged as a Dominion of the British Commonwealth in mid-August 1947, its first and foremost priority should have been the development of a Constitution suited to the genius of its people. Unfortunately, that was not the case; it took us nearly nine years to approve our first constitution in March 1956 and to […]

Tuberculosis remains a dreaded disease even today although its causative organism Mycobacterium Tuberculosis was identified By Robert Koch in 1882. It has almost always been present in the human population, as evidenced by pathological signs found in bony fragments of Egyptian mummies from 2400 BC. The major brunt of the disease is faced by low […]

While going through our national history, we rarely find men of integrity with self-effacing qualities, who work silently and diligently towards their cause without drawing any undue attention to themselves. One such luminary is Sahibzada Farooq Ali Khan, who had the distinction of being the ninth Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, following in […]

The International Labour Day brought to mind the extraordinary life story of Hassan Nisar. Independence and the creation of Pakistan during August 1947 seems to have brought about a substantial change in the mindsets of the scions of the aristocracy that had shared in the governance of British India together with the British themselves. The […]

Bilquis Bano Edhi passed away last Friday; plunging the country into shock and grief. Caught up in hectic political storms over the past three weeks, people could reasonably be excused for not even learning about her terminal illness. Less than six years ago, on July 8, 2016, the nation had lost her legendary husband, Abdul […]

The 74th birthday party of the World Health Organization (WHO) fell on April 7. As we observed this day, with the theme ‘Our Planet, Our Health’, it afforded us an opportunity to deliberate on the state of Health in Pakistan. For over two years, we have been afflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether it is […]

Tuberculosis (TB) has been claiming human lives throughout history, starting with records of human deaths dating back to over 9,000 years ago. As its killing spree peaked in most of the Western world, it assumed titles such as the “Captain of Death” or “The White Plague.” After the eighteenth century, it began to decline in […]